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USC Funding Alerts Database
  • Research Development searches 9 e-mail services, 4 websites, and various mailed notifications on a regular basis to produce the Funding Alerts database. Includes federal and state government, foundation and corporate funding opportunities.
 
Community of Science (COS)
  • Web-based subscription service provides a searchable database of funding opportunities updated daily and includes over 18,000 records from public and private sources
 
 
Grants.gov
  • Online source to search and apply for federal government grants
 
Foundation Center
  • Weekly funding alert service of recently announced Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from private, corporate, and government funding sources.

 

 
Funding Trends
  • With increased competition and decreased funding, finding research money can be a complex process. In an effort to support faculty in their efforts, the Office of Research and Health Sciences monitors trends in funding, primarily through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

 

 
Private vs. Public Funding
  • Private Foundation: A nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with funds (usually from a single source, such as an individual, family, or corporation) and program managed by its own trustees or directors. The funds and program are established to maintain or aid social educational, religious, or other charitable activities serving the common welfare, primarily through the making of grants. "Private foundation" also means an organization that is tax-exempt under Code Section 501(c)(3) and is classified by the IRS as a private foundation as defined
    in the code.
  • Public Foundation: Public foundations are nonprofit organizations that receive
    at least one-third of their income from the general public. Public foundations may make grants or engage in charitable activities. The IRS recognizes public foundations, along with community foundations, as public charities. Religious, educational and medical institutions are deemed to be public charities. For example: American Cancer Society.
 
USC Guidelines for Submitting to Private Foundations
 
Top 100 Private Foundations

 

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